TripAdvisor Reviews Mountain Lodge Baguio

Travel Blogs from Baguio

... community training with the wind blowing and beautiful mountains on both sides I thought to myself…this is why we travel… this is why we return to a place we love… to feel the excitement and joy that comes from simple moments like riding a jeepney through rural communities that are actively working to build a better life for themselves! This is why I am lucky enough to call this small part of the world a second home!

... We go to the home of uncle's cousin Tita Nori then to his neices (my second cousins) Tita Nori Santiago, Jenny Lin Santiago and son Rhoan Xyrick (6), Rosalie Baldazo and daughter Aliah Rose (3). They keep calling him lolo (usually for grandparents generation) but he keeps telling them he doesn't feel that old and that Tito (uncle) is fine.

After another two hour mountainous and twisting ride to the outskirts of Baguio, ...

... highlight in my Philippines trip, trekking in the rice paddies was just as good as in the Sappa valley in Vietnam, but we had something I did not have in Vietnam, our guide Ray, what a legend! Also the bussing in the mountains was unreal, some of the most beautiful mountain roads I have ever seen. I travelled with Alya the rest of my time in the Philippines. This was the end of the surfing part of our Philippine travels and was followed by a chapter I like to call ...

... it gets so hot down there. So no one is sure how deep it is - I wonder if it goes all the way down to the core of the earth? That's what volcanoes do, right? Apparently some days people can swim in the lake, but when we went the sulfur and boron rates were incredibly high, so it would be dangerous to do so. Of course by the time I learned this I had already put my feet in the water - whoops. Anyways, the pictures can probably do more justice to this place than my descriptions, so ...

... so I will list few of them that I have checked. We didn’t book in advance and there were plenty of rooms to choose from. 1 – SeBay Surf – huts style, nice and friendly staff, rooms are small but nothing can beat the ocean view, restaurant with good food, about 20 m from ocean. 1dbl room/AC, bathroom/per night – 1600 peso ($40). 2 – Little SurfMaid Beach Resort 1dbl – from 2500-3500 peso 3 ...